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President Mugabe unveils giant statue of himself, unimpressed Zimbabweans mocks it on Twitter

tvceadmin — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 04:38:10 +0000

President Robert Mugabe unveiled the statue at his official residence in Harare last Friday and Zimbabweans were not impressed.

The statue, made by a famous Zimbabwean sculptor was widely criticized on social media, with people questioning the sculptor’s motives. Some even suggested it was a reaction to being forced to make the status while many attacked the sculptor accusing him of a poor job.

However, Dominic Benhura insisted his statue of the President was not intended to mock him. The sculptor who has exhibited his work across the world, told the state-owed Herald newspaper that “honestly, no one would abuse such an opportunity.”

“That sculpture was never meant to look exactly as the President’s image. I do not do exact figures. This is the style I have mastered. My collectors can identify my pieces when they see them anywhere in the world because I chose to be different and that is my signature” Mr Benhura explains

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Senior war veteran ‘arrested’ in Zimbabwe

tvceadmin — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:31:51 +0000

TVC E. Zimbabwe’s police have arrested a leading official of the war veterans association as he stepped out of a courthouse where a colleague was answering charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Victor Matemadanda, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association’s secretary-general, was the second official detained in a crackdown on the association’s leaders, it adds.

Last week, Mr Mugabe said war veterans who were behind a statement which accused him of being dictatorial and egotistical would be identified and severely punished.

Mr Matemadanda would be charged with insulting or undermining the authority of the president, said Irene Petras, the director of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights group, AP reports.

This is the same charge that the association’s spokesman Douglas Mahiya is facing following his arrest on Wednesday, she is quoted as saying.

The statement issued by the war veterans said they would not support Mr Mugabe, 91, in elections due in 2018.

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